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**[|Elementary Tech Teachers Ning]**
Visit Elementary Tech Teachers at: [|http://elementarytechteachers.ning.com] The members of our ning have some outstanding blogs, wikis and other resources, but at the moment there's no quick and easy way for us to keep track of them. So to help us out I've created a wiki at: http://ettnresources. wikispaces.com/. Please take a moment and fill in your information on the wiki and then check out these great sites. As always, thank you for making the ning a successful site.

Nedra Isenberg Visit Elementary Tech Teachers at: [|http://elementarytechteachers. ning.com]

[|Projects by Jen] h[|ttp://projectsbyjen.ning.com/]
[|Jennifer Wagner] supports the classrom by organizing wonderful [|collabrative projects]. Visit her [|site] and her [|blog] to see what she is all about.

[|Classroom 2.0 - Ten Reasons to Join in 2009]
Posted by [|lthumann] on January 1, 2009 When I introduce teachers to Web 2.0 in a professional development event, I urge them to join [|Classroom 2.0]. When I read [|Peggy George’s] request to submit a list of Top Ten new ideas, techniques, tools, books, conversations that made 2008 special for you for the “What We Learned in 2008.” show on January 2, 2009, it gave me the idea to create a list of reasons why teachers new to Web 2.0 or Social Networking should join. Here’s the list - please let me know if you think I’ve missed anything important as I value your input. > I know there’s so much more, but I wanted to keep the list to ten. Your comments abd additions would further show the power of a PLN as I point educators to this list during the coming year.
 * 1) Ask a question get an answer if you are active in your PLN.
 * 2) [|Classroom 2.0] is THE best place for Web 2.0 Ed Tech Newbies to get started.
 * 3) If you want to learn about [|Screencasting] – check out the thread CR has on it – there are 48 posts with over 25 useful links to check out.
 * 4) You can search [|CR2.0] by area, by subject or by tool, which makes it a bit easier to find specific information when you don’t know what keyword to search with.
 * 5) With over 15,000 members, [|Classroom 2.0] has to be the best resources for information for classroom teachers – not just techies.
 * 6) There are over 300 subgroups within [|CR 2.0] including one for [|Second Life], the [|DEN], one for educators interested in [|brain research] and one for [|music teachers] . There is something for everyone.
 * 7) You can add the [|Classroom 2.0 badge] to your website, blog, [|Facebook] page, pretty much anywhere you’d like to let people know you are a member and where they can go to find out more information about you. CR2.0 provides the code for several different badges at [|http://www.classroom20.com/main/embeddable/list.]
 * 8) Don’t speak English? Not a problem. [|CR2.0] is available in 11 languages including Portuguese, Hebrew and [|Japanese].
 * 9) Classroom 2.0 is not only a [|Ning] . It’s so much more – including FREE Professional Development. There are the [| workshops] and the weekly [|Elluminate] sessions on [|Classroom 2.0 Live].
 * 10) Join the [|CR2.0 Wikispace] and contribute, subscribe to updates and changes, or just bookmark this great resource.